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Author | : Joana Alves-Ferreira |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2017-06-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1443878979 |
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Although comparative exercises are used or applied both explicitly and implicitly in a large number of archaeological publications, they are often uncritically taken for granted. As such, the authors of this book reflect on comparison as a core theme in archaeology from different perspectives, and different theoretical and practical backgrounds. The contributors come from different universities and research contexts, and approach themes and objects from Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages, presenting case studies from Western Europe, the Near East and Latin America. The chapters here also relate archaeology with other disciplines, like art studies, photography, cinema, computer sciences and anthropology, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers, not only archaeologists and those interested in the area of social sciences, but for all those interested in how we construct the past today.
Author | : Kwang-chih Chang |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Craig N. Cipolla |
Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2020-01-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 081306533X |
Download Rethinking Colonialism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Historical archaeology studies once relied upon a binary view of colonialism: colonizers and colonized, the colonial period and the postcolonial period. The contributors to this volume scrutinize imperialism and expansionism through an alternative lens that rejects simple dualities and explores the variously gendered, racialized, and occupied peoples of a multitude of faiths, desires, associations, and constraints. Colonialism is not a phase in the chronology of a people but a continuous phenomenon that spans the Old and New Worlds. Most important, the contributors argue that its impacts—and, in some instances, even the same processes set in place by the likes of Columbus—are ongoing. Inciting a critical examination of the lasting consequences of ancient and modern colonialism on descendant communities, this wide-ranging volume includes essays on Roman Britain, slavery in Brazil, and contemporary Native Americans. In its efforts to define the scope of colonialism and the comparability of its features, this collection challenges the field to go beyond familiar geographical and historical boundaries and draws attention to unfolding colonial futures.
Author | : Michael Ernest Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Complex organizations |
ISBN | : 9781139140744 |
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"Eleven leading archeologists describe their research on ancient empires, states, and chiefdoms using a comparative perspective. By making comparisons among sites, regions, and artifacts, these scholars produce new understanding of diverse specific cases, from the towering ruins of Angkor to the houses of Inca peasants. The reader learns about the political strategies of kings and chiefs, the daily choices of ordinary households, and the creative ways in which ancient peoples built their cities and shaped their landscapes. In the process, these chapters illustrate how to do comparative analysis using archeological data"--
Author | : Yannis Hamilakis |
Publisher | : Oxbow Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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`Minoan' Crete is one of the most intensively investigated archaeological cultures in the world, and one that has often captured the public imagination. It is a Bronze Age Aegean society, but it has been intimately connected with the Classical Greek myth of King Minos and his Labyrinth since Sir Arthur Evans excavated and restored (some would say `rebuilt') the important site of Knossos, more than a century ago. Yet many archaeological interpretations of this fascinating culture are still largely traditional in focus and often anachronistic. This collection of papers, challenging and re-examining many conventional and established versions of 'Minoan' history is thus long overdue. How have modern preconceptions and socio-political developments shaped archaeological interpretations of 'Minoan' society? What were the gender roles and attitudes of the inhabitants of Bronze Age Crete? How can data such as the puzzling architecture, the stunning wall-paintings, the elaborate and abundant pots, the landscape and the way it is perceived by humans, help us understand the nature and the negotiations of power and the role of the so-called palaces? These are some of the questions that this book addresses, considering 'Minoan' archaeology from a variety of interpretive angles, and situating 'Minoan' archaeology in the mainstream of archaeological thinking and practice.
Author | : William F. Keegan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 617 |
Release | : 2013-03-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195392302 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.
Author | : Timothy R. Pauketat |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0415521289 |
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An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from the Great Plains and the pre-Columbian American Indian city of Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Religious beliefs are not more resilient than other aspects of culture and society, and people are not the only causes of historical change. An Archaeology of the Cosmos examines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the past.
Author | : Alisa Santikarn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Rethinking the Archaeology - Heritage Divide Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Elizabeth DeMarrais |
Publisher | : McDonald Institute Monographs |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Download Rethinking Materiality Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What is the relationship between mind and ideas on the one hand, and the material things of the world on the other? In recent years, researchers have rejected the old debate about the primacy of the mind or material, and have sought to establish more nuanced understandings of the ways humans interact with their material worlds. In this volume alternative approaches are presented, deriving from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives. Contributors debate the significance of key thresholds in the human past, including sedentism, domestication, and the emergence of social inequality and their impact on changing patterns of human cognition, symbolic expression, and technological innovation. In its global coverage and its broad theoretical scope, this landmark volume offers an innovative and comprehensive assessment of current thinking and future directions.
Author | : Timothy C Champion |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1995 |
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ISBN | : |
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